At the dawn of the next day, I decided that I would need to tame a pet to fight by my side. There was a pet that I’d heard Hemit speak of many times. It was a quite common bird actually, for members of the Alliance. It was an owl known as the Strigid Hunter, which only live on the Night Elf home of Teldrassil.
As a hunter, I wanted a pet that will test my skills and challenge my abilities. A friend of mine, Dorio, who is another hunter that trained under Hemit in Stranglethorn, wanted to join me on my quest to tame a pet of his own as well. He wanted a rare panther that lived in those forests as well, known as Duskstalker, and we wanted to work together.
Dorio and I devised a plan that would require all of our talents and the aid of two others, a priest and a warlock. We decided to ask among the ranks of our new guild, the Day of Reckoning. My brother Fikkle was unable to join us, but a Troll healer named Hoodou offered his assistance and after him, a mighty warlock named Garthras, who is a personal friend of Fikkle. Garthras is famed among the ranks of the Horde as a fierce fighter on the battlefield and feared in the ranks of the Alliance for the same reason.
With Hoodou and Garthras as members of our party, we had the first piece of our plan in place. We travelled to Orgrimmar, where we set off on this rare hunt. Members of the Horde are not welcome in Teldrassil, and we would have quite the challenge on our hands in getting there. We set out running across the dirt of Durotar and reached the Barrens without incident, then turned north on the Gold Road towards Ashenvale.
Ashenvale posed no problem for us either. We ran until we reached a junction with a road leading east and west. Turning west, we continued towards Astranaar, an Alliane controlled outpost. Just out of site of teh town, we cut into the forests to stay hidden from the sharp eyes of any guards, and continued east on the southern side of Astranaar until we reached the lake that surrounds the outpost. We swam around the shor of the lake, furthest from Astranaar, staying well out of sight of the guards. Once on hte other side of the town, we emerged from the forests a safe distance away and then continued down the road and into Darkshore.
Auberdine is the primary Alliance port located in Darkshore and we came to teh outskirts of the town and again stole into the cover of the forest. We decided to swim again and since Garthras was an extremely skilled warlock, he was able to cast a spell that allowed us to breath for extended periods of time under water. We swam out a safe distance away from the town and, while under water, swam back under the pier.
The second part of our plan was getting across the sea without drowning or being discovered. To do that, we waited until the ship arrived and then we secured ourselves to the ship with a length of rope. We would wait until the ship was out of sight of Auberdine, then we would climb the stern and sit on the ledge out of sight of those on board.
The third part of our plan was avoiding being captured at the other end of the voyage on the ship. To remain unseen, we would have to slip back in the water and swim a safe distance away from the port and then travel back on land. When we arrived at the shores of Teldrassil, we knew there was but one way to breach the barrier.
We would need to sneak into the portal leading into Darnassus. Breaching the barrier was the next par of the plan. Both Dorio and I decided to tame one of the many spiders that were roaming the coast. With the spiders and one of Garthras’ demons, we would be able to distract the guards away from the portal long enough to slip inside.
Before the distraction, however, I asked Garthras to seal the soul of Hoodou in a magical shard. In this way, the Troll priest would have the ability to reclaim his soul if he should fall by the hand of the enemy. With all aspects of our plan in place, Garthras sent his demon imp into battle against both pet spiders of myself and Dorio.
As planned, the guards’ attention was drawn away from the portal as they all rushed off for the glory of the kill. The four of us then rushed into the portal without being seen. Upon emerging in Darnassus, the guards of the city immediately came upon us in battle.
Valiantly though we fought, we didn’t stand a chance against the battle hardened veterans of Darnassus. But the Night Elves did exactly as we had hoped. The guards took the corpses of their enemy outside the walls of city and left them in the forest for the beasts to feed upon. At this point, Hoodou used the soul shard to revive himself. After this, it was a simple task for him to revive Dorio, Garthras and me.
The four of us were again on our way and before logn, we came upon a Strigid Hunter. While the other three watched for any Night Elf patrols, I tamed the defiant bird. It took but a short few moments before it could no longer resist, and then it was over. I quickly fed the owl some meat that I had purchased that morning and it appeared to calm him and he became happier. I decided that I would name him Archimedes, and he would be my companion until one of us fell in battle.
After we had tamed Archimedes, we continued searching the forests for the panther known as Duskstalker. Fortune woul dhave it that it did not take us long at all and as before, three of us watched guard while Dorio tamed the beast. The panther resister as did my owl, but Dorio is as skilled as I and overcame the beast. He fed it some meat as well, and decided to name his pet Carnage.
With our rare hunt complete, we all reached in our packs and withdrew our mystical hearthstones. A few moments later we were all back in Horde territory. Hoodou and Garthras returned to Orgrimmar and Dorio and I returned to Silvermoon City, with our new pets, Archimedes and Carnage.
